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The oceans are overheating—and scientists say a climate tipping point may be here #ocean

The oceans are overheating—and scientists say a climate tipping point may be here
In 2023, the world’s oceans experienced the most intense and widespread marine heatwaves ever recorded, with some events persisting for over 500 days and covering nearly the entire globe. These searing ocean temperatures are causing mass coral bleaching and threatening fisheries, while also signaling deeper, system-wide climate changes.

PSA: 🥵 Idk who needs to hear this, but in a heatwave for the love of science use air conditioning. If you don’t have air conditioning, get a portable unit as soon as possible.
The climate is going to get hotter and heat can very easily kill you or a loved one or a pet; or cause permanent disability.
Heat is a lot more dangerous than cold temperatures; even if you’re “young and healthy”.
The climate is already fucked and has long reached a tipping point as far as humans go—our only bet is large-scale CO2 extraction.
Sacrificing your health “to save energy*” for an imaginary fight that we have already lost is stupid. It’s also one of those “individual responsibility” mindfucks—the culprits for pollution are industry maximizing profits and governments that are not acting.
Anyway, stay cool.
*note that AC uses overall a lot less energy than heating does

"Scientists’ Letter Urges Brazil’s President Lula to Reject New Amazon and Offshore Drilling"
#Brazil #AmazonRainforest #Environment

Scientists’ Letter Urges Brazil’s President Lula to Reject New Amazon and Offshore Drilling - Inside Climate News
The urgent message was delivered to Brazilian officials during annual U.N. climate talks in Bonn, Germany, and includes new warnings about an Amazon rainforest tipping point.

UN says global shift to renewable energy hits positive tipping point | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-solar-wind-power-fossil-fuels-6aca4846e594ea8405f91edda39a03ad

Six Decades Post-Discovery of Taylor's Power Law: From Ecological and Statistical Universality, Through Prime Number Distributions and Tipping-Point Signals, to Heterogeneity and Stability of Complex Networks
Zhanshan (Sam), Ma, R. A. J. Taylor
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18154

Six Decades Post-Discovery of Taylor's Power Law: From Ecological and Statistical Universality, Through Prime Number Distributions and Tipping-Point Signals, to Heterogeneity and Stability of Complex Networks
First discovered by L. R. Taylor (1961, Nature), Taylor's Power Law (TPL) correlates the mean (M) population abundances and the corresponding variances (V) across a set of insect populations using a power function (V=aM^b). TPL has demonstrated its 'universality' across numerous fields of sciences, social sciences, and humanities. This universality has inspired two main prongs of exploration: one from mathematicians and statisticians, who might instinctively respond with a convergence theorem s…

"We are facing a hard battle against the clear enemy. Its name is greed. Greed that sows doubt, denies science, distorts truth, rewards corruption and destroys life for profit."
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKuFyh7Rbg7

Channel 4 News on Instagram: ""Powerful interests" and "greed" are pushing the planet to a climate "tipping point", says United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the third UN Ocean Conference in France. #Climatechange #Climate #UnitedNations #Channel4News #C4News"
1,896 likes, 118 comments - channel4news on June 10, 2025: ""Powerful interests" and "greed" are pushing the planet to a climate "tipping point", says United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the third UN Ocean Conference in France. #Climatechange #Climate #UnitedNations #Channel4News #C4News".

I already said it and I will say it again: If you stand with trans people or not, if you will support them without questions and without holding back or if you think of them as acceptable losses, might be the tipping point if we can preserve our democracy — or not.
Acceptance of trans people — or rather the lack of it — is the pond fascists dip their toes in to test the water if we are willing and open to being divided.
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Elon Musk versus MAGA: Republicans have reached a tipping point | Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2025/06/04/elon-musk-versus-maga-have-reached-a-tipping-point/

"UK may be on verge of triggering a ‘positive tipping point’ for tackling climate change"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

UK may be on verge of triggering a ‘positive tipping point’ for tackling climate change
Electric vehicle sales are racing ahead in the UK – but the switch to heat pumps is lagging behind.

Probably my only go this week outside, on the treadmill Monday, Tuesday, and probably Friday with likely rain. The tipping point that got me out? Humidity at 50%—yeah, I know it's difficult to be excited about that, but it is a reprieve from what it's been lately around here.
The first mile was great; I got overheated a bit after that. Had my running belt with electrolyte mix though, being responsible 🙂
In other news, I will probably need to find a new route soon, seeing …

‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/jun/26/tippping-points-amazon-rainforest-climate-scie…

Noise Reinstates Collapsed Populations: Stochastic Reversal of Deterministic Extinction
Vinesh Vijayan, B Priyadharshini, R Sathish Kumar, G Janaki
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.03954

Noise Reinstates Collapsed Populations: Stochastic Reversal of Deterministic Extinction
Conventional wisdom suggests that environmental noise drives populations toward extinction. In contrast, we report a paradoxical phenomenon in which stochasticity reverses a deterministic tipping point, thereby preventing collapse. Using a hybrid model that integrates logistic growth with a density-triggered sigmoidal collapse, we uncover a striking reversal: deterministic fragility on one side, and stochastic rescue under weak noise on the other. Our analysis demonstrates that noise disrupts t…